Gossip column: Carvalho, Lavezzi, Rodwell, Kaboul

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Arsenal have submitted a £23.9m bid for 22-year-old Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho, who has also been linked with Manchester City and Manchester United.
Evening Standard

Liverpool are still waiting for some of the funds from their sale of Luis Suarez, 27, to Barcelona in order to step up their chase of Paris-St Germain forward Ezequiel Lavezzi, 29.
Daily Express

Former Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell is deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester City

Sunderland are in advanced negotiations with Manchester City to sign midfielder Jack Rodwell and the Stadium of Light outfit will hold talks with the 23-year-old on Monday.
Daily Mail

Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul could be on his way to Lazio, with the White Hart Lane club in talks with the Serie A side about selling the 28-year-old to make way for Villarreal and Argentina centre-back Mateo Musacchio, 23.
Evening Standard

Newcastle are set to sign centre-back Jamaal Lascelles, 20, and keeper Karl Darlow, 23, from Nottingham Forest for £7m, with the possibility that they might loan the pair back to the City Ground club.
Daily Mirror

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal will let the players he is willing to release know after the end of the club's tour of the United States.
Manchester Evening News

Eliaquim Mangala is expected to sign for Manchester City for £32m

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has ruled out AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli joining the Merseyside club after being linked with the 23-year-old Italy international.
Daily Mirror

Manchester City are close to signing Porto's 23-year-old French defender Eliaquim Mangala in a deal worth about £32m.
Manchester Evening News

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is keen to take Manchester United winger Wilfried Zaha, 21, to Upton Park.
Daily Mail

Leeds owner Massimo Cellino says an offer to buy the club's Elland Road ground has been made and he wants to complete the deal by November before the rent is raised.
Guardian

BEST OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Neymar is set to miss the start of the La Liga season as he recovers from injury

Barcelona and Brazil playmaker Neymar may be recovering from a back injury suffered at the World Cup, but it has not stopped him enjoying a night out. The 22-year-old posted a picture of him with socialite Paris Hilton on his
Instagram account.

An Everton fan has come up with an ingenious way to get 10 of his favourite players' names on a new shirt - by using a crossword puzzle.
Metro.

AND FINALLY

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, 25, has taken a new approach to speaking to the media, by holding a news conference 11,000ft up on an aeroplane.
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